Vince Staples Calls Eminem’s Trump Freestyle “Trash”

“He can do better.”

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Earlier this week, Eminem made waves after debuting an intense new freestyle during the BET Hip-Hop Awards, where he slammed Donald Trump and voiced support for Colin Kaepernick’s NFL protest. Tonight, during his talk at at Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art for Pitchfork’s In Sight Out series, Vince Staples shared his thoughts on the viral hit. “It was trash,” he said. “He can do better.” Staples went on to assert that if he were to rap those lines, it would be taken less seriously: “If I said, ‘This is for Colin/Ball up a fist/And keep it balled up/Like Donald the bitch,’ they would be like, ‘Get this nigga out of here.’”

He then made an extended metaphor about spending money on Girl Scout Cookies to support breast cancer awareness: “You can support the cause and still not like the cookie,” he explained. Staples did concede, however, that there was one thing he liked about the video: “My favorite thing about the Eminem freestyle is the wall of dark-skinned black people behind him,” he said. “That was great.” When asked what he imagines they were thinking during the video shoot, Staples answered, “This is for Colin.” Vince Staples’ full discussion for In Sight Out will be available as a podcast.

Staples later clarified that his statements were jokes. See his tweet below: